MUSIC IN FILM 108 Quiz #3 TERMS
What song plays "The Clockwork Orange"'s opening theme?
"Funeral Music for Queen Mary" composed by Percell
What movies did Stanley Kubrick direct/produce?
"2001: A Space Odessy", "A Clockwork Orange", "The Shinning"
"Midnight Express" ?
Moroder's 1st score, nightmarish style, mimics musical instruments, dissonance: tension & expression of anguish, popular melodic melodies.
Who was Giorgio Moroder?
disco, sequencer & synthesizer
Which composer's adapted music is featured in "2001: A Space Odessy" (1968)?
19th century classical (Strauss), atonal 20th century concert music (Ligeti)
Significance of "Jaws" scoring?
2 note liet motif-iconic, monophonic (no chords/harmonies) w/french horn melody, speeds up temp as shark gets closer (pacing).
Which composer's adapted music is featured in "The Clockwork Orange" (1971)?
ALL Classical adapted score. Beethoven's 9th symphony (in bedroom), Rossini's overture & synthesized arrangements of 17th century classical music.
"Beverly Hills Cop" ?
Composer: Harold Faltermeyer, contains only rock music, SONGS drive the action, "The Heat is on" by Glenn Frey plays opening credits.
"Miami Vice" ?
Composer: Jan Hammer, pop music can now be heard accompanying divergent montage scenes showing travel, passing the time, fighting, love making.
"Witness" ?
Composer: Maurice Jarre, all synth score, plays against the action because Amish no electricity.
"Dirty Harriet"
Composer: Schifrin, rock and jazz with exotic instruments
What definition of music did "The Shinning" change?
Cuts picture to match music; action hits music: punctuates dialogue, reflects physical movements, reveals emotional reactions.
"Taxi Driver"
Film noir musical style of Bernard Hermann (last), low ranges, dark but colorful combinations, dissonances, jazz, psychological subtext
Who was the composer for "Flashdance" and "Midnight Express" ?
Giorgio Moroder
Star Wars Trilogy musical stylings?
Hollywood sound, strings: lyrical qualities, brass: power, woodwinds: individual colors.
What instruments used in "The Godfather" ?
Italian folk music: strummed guitars/mandolin/accordion, trumpet/bass drum and cymbals.
What composer was used for the Baptismal cue?
JS Bache
Star Wars themes?
Luke, depressing one: Obi-Wan Kenobi, dun-dun-dun: Darth Vader, Han Solo & Princess Leia: post romantic style, Yoda & E.T. similar styles.
What composers inspired Williams?
Max Steiner, Erich Korngold, and American Nationalist style of Aaron Copland.
Who composed "The Godfather" 1972?
Nino Rota
Film scores by John Williams?
Poseidon Adventure, Towering Inferno, Star Wars, E.T., Jaws
What definition of music did "2001: A Space Odessy" change?
Reestablished tradition of adapted score, music no longer needed to be tailored to film, music coexisted with film.
Style of John Williams?
Symphony orchestra, post romantic musical style, wall to wall music, support for drama, unity through leif motifs and thematic transformation. Phrases the action.
What was musical style was brought back in 1977?
The Hollywood sound returns.
Who composed "Blade Runner" and "Chariots of Fire"?
Vangelis
What is significant about "The Godfather" theme?
Waltz; notes organized into groups of three for each measure.
Musical style of Darth Vader's death?
Woodwinds, String harmonies, Harp (instrument of angels); musical thematic transformation.
Which composer's adapted music is featured in "The Shinning" (1980) ?
atonal: Ligeti and Penderecki, 20th century music
What unusual instruments are used in Jerry Goldsmith's "Planet of the Apes"?
bass slide-whistle, stainless steel mixing bowls, ram's horn, gong scrape, orchestral instruments played and used in unusual manners
Which composer's adapted music is featured in "He Got Game" (1999) ?
classical/American Nationalism (Aaron Copland), Urban (Public Enemy)
What is significant about the musical connection between "Blade Runner" and "Chariots of Fire" ?
completely different stories & eras : SAME MUSIC
Who was the composer Lalo Schifrin?
contemporary jazz "Mancini", energetic theme "mission:impossible"
Who was Vangelis?
greek composer, synthesized scores, 'spacey' sound
"Chariots of Fire" ?
main theme: pulsating rhythms & simple anthem, synthesizer recreates sounds of acoustic instruments
Qualities of synthesized scores?
modern: electronic score w/new colors, traditional: imitates acoustic instruments, popular: rock musicians, important element in modern film scores
Theme for "Planet of the Apes?
piano (serial), tom drums, gong scrape
What technique was used in Goldsmith's "Planet of the Apes" ?
serial technique- 12 notes in a dissonant series
'80s era?
soundtrack era, adapted and original scores
"Blade Runner" ?
synthesizer essential to vision of future
What unusual instruments are used in Ennio Morricone's "Good, the Bad & the Ugly", "Once Upon a Time in the West", and "A Fistful of Dollars" ?
voices/whistling, choir howls, grunts imitate coyote howls, soprano solo/harmonica/electric guitar
